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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsWhat's your favorite TV sitcom episode of all time?
Mine probably a tie between the WKRP 'as God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly"
And
The Dick Van Dyke Show, That's My Boy?! Part 3:
CBGLuthier
(12,723 posts)But I will admit that the surprise appearance of Greg Morris on that episode of Dick van Dyke is a winner.
marym625
(17,997 posts)Mushy mushy. Has to be one of the funniest scenes EVER! Thanks for this!
Enthusiast
(50,983 posts)pscot
(21,024 posts)marym625
(17,997 posts)Two replies and it's the same episode. Too damn funny!
You two are in sync! Thank you!
KeepItReal
(7,769 posts)Martin loves tha kids!
marym625
(17,997 posts)Good stuff! Thanks!
Enthusiast
(50,983 posts)cloudbase
(5,512 posts)Gimme a W!
Gimme an M!
marym625
(17,997 posts)Haven't seen it in years. Going to have to look it up. Thanks!
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)Thanks for reminding me of that one. Laughed myself nearly sick every time I saw it.
Coventina
(27,080 posts)Still a standard at our house when ordering Chinese take-out!
fishwax
(29,149 posts)onehandle
(51,122 posts)...The Bob Newhart show is probably a close second.
marym625
(17,997 posts)Man he was funny! Thanks for this. Pretty much been laughing for the last hour and a half with the stuff posted.
sarge43
(28,941 posts)"Mental illness or narcotic addiction?"
"That's a tough choice."
marym625
(17,997 posts)Oh my dog that's hilarious! Thank you!
sarge43
(28,941 posts)This isn't sitcom, but sketch comedy
Carol Burnett Show, Tim Conway's Elephant Story. Conway's timing and the cast's reaction kick this into the comedic stratosphere
marym625
(17,997 posts)I loved that show. Tim Conway was absolutely hilarious!
Thanks for this!
Enthusiast
(50,983 posts)pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)Thanks for posting it, sarge.
WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)treestar
(82,383 posts)Found his always paranoid conclusions LOL funny.
marym625
(17,997 posts)I have to agree. I feel the same way about Bewitched episodes with Aunt Clara
Thanks!
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)with paranoids like Flagg, as is the permanent government and the military. A sobering thought.
The best Flagg episode was the one where Charles set him up like a bowling pin.
marym625
(17,997 posts)That was a great episode! And he played it so superbly!
OriginalGeek
(12,132 posts)was the first time Peewee Herman was on Murphy Brown. I think I laughed until my stomach hurt for the entire 30 minutes - because I was still laughing during the commercials.
But there are probably many others - especially from Bob Newhart, Dick Van Dyke,
marym625
(17,997 posts)I watched Murphy brown religiously but I don't remember that one.
Thanks!
OriginalGeek
(12,132 posts)and they were all good, but that first one...man...lol, now I'm gonna have to look it up too...
marym625
(17,997 posts)But maybe he was good on Murphy Brown.
2naSalit
(86,490 posts)doing some stand up thing on TeeVee, may have been his first appearance on it, and I could not breathe I was laughing so hard.
So far all the videos above are great and I remember every one of them but I don't know if I could decide on a favorite so I'm just going to enjoy all the offerings here. Good OP!
marym625
(17,997 posts)I don't know that I could pick one as a favorite either. They're all hilarious. Or, as a few have been, masterfully done while not funny. Like the All In The Family about the Vietnam War
Glad you enjoyed it!
valerief
(53,235 posts)marym625
(17,997 posts)Thank you. Never saw that! Love it
Enthusiast
(50,983 posts)hifiguy
(33,688 posts)I cannot determine whether this or Scientology is dumb dumb dumb dumb dumber. Both are so excruciatingly idiotic that it may be a question that cannot be resolved.
Both rattle the brainpan.
Man, oh man, people are gullible.
orleans
(34,043 posts)Enthusiast
(50,983 posts)marym625
(17,997 posts)Thank you! Good stuff!
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)marym625
(17,997 posts)hifiguy
(33,688 posts)Brony and proud!
marym625
(17,997 posts)The mobile version doesn't show me signature lines.
But I never met a bronie I didn't like!
ghostsinthemachine
(3,569 posts)Cheers Cliff Squeaky Shoes:
marym625
(17,997 posts)Squeaky shoe club! I had forgotten that episode. Thanks! Too funny!
I like the episodes with Woody and Kelly. They were just so damn funny together
Enthusiast
(50,983 posts)Gidney N Cloyd
(19,829 posts)This particular episode was as fast paced and wacky start to finish as a Marx Brothers movie-- unusual for the series yet so well done in that all the craziness felt right coming out of the characters and made it easy to accept that this is how these people would behave if this much stuff went wrong this fast. And it was one of the later episodes when most series are running on fumes.
From IMDB:
As a wedding gift, superstitious Carla prepares an astrological marriage chart for the couple. However, the resulting chart shows that they should not get married today, despite Kelly being considered a fallen woman if they don't. Later in the Gaines mansion's kitchen, the gang are getting ready for the wedding and reception. Carla's prediction of disaster seems to be coming true. Everyone has their tasks and their disasters. Rebecca has an on-going battle with the caterers, with who the Cheers gang have to share the use of the kitchen. The catering chef may only be able to take so much of Rebecca. Cliff is taking photos with a camera with a blinding flash.
Kelly keeps on wandering down into the kitchen to meet up with Woody, the two who cannot keep their hands off each other, while Mr. Gaines continues to look for her to make sure she's not doing anything improper with Woody. Sam gets propositioned by Kelly's sexy cousin Monika, despite the fact that she's married to Dieter, the most jealous man in the world. Dr. Chatfield, the minister, (dies and gets stuffed in the dumbwaiter) just before the ceremony - a fact they try to hide from everyone including Woody and Kelly - leaving only one person there, Kelly's Uncle Roger, an anti-marriage minister with a drinking problem (they find this out when they sober him up then they have to get him drunk again), qualified to perform the ceremony. Because of the delays in the kitchen with all these problems, Lilith appoints herself as guest entertainment using whatever talents she can think of. All the while, they all have to deal with Mr. Gaines' attack Dobermans in the back yard. One last disaster strikes in the kitchen while the ceremony is about to take place.
ghostsinthemachine
(3,569 posts)Two parter so not technically an episode. Certainly one of the best
ghostsinthemachine
(3,569 posts)shoes began to squeak....
Ron Obvious
(6,261 posts)I wouldn't necessarily say it's my absolute favourite, but I've always enjoyed tales told from multiple perspectives. I really liked the X-Files episode that employed the same scheme as well.
marym625
(17,997 posts)Yes! This is a great one! One of the first times I remember seeing Ron Glass too.
Thank you! Good stuff!
Ron Obvious
(6,261 posts)On Barney Miller.
marym625
(17,997 posts)Funny stuff!
The most realistic cop show on TV, as rated by actual police officers apparently.
marym625
(17,997 posts)There just aren't sitcoms now like Barney Miller, All in the Family, etc that were hilarious while staying close to reality. Not that I know if anyway
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)One critic called it "the funniest 7 minutes on television."
It's Valentine's Day and Niles is having his date come to Frasier's apartment, where Niles has prepared a gourmet dinner for just the two of them. He's finished preparing the dinner and still has a few minutes before his date arrives...
marym625
(17,997 posts)And what a funny episode!
I loved him in the show The Powers That Be. God that was a funny show
Thanks so much for this one.
valerief
(53,235 posts)pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)I couldn't stop laughing. From the fainting, to running around holding his finger up, to using his gourmet dinner to put out the fire. And the kicker we don't see but can only imagine--his date arriving to find him, with no pants, passed out in the open doorway of the smoking ruins of the apartment.
Enthusiast
(50,983 posts)marym625
(17,997 posts)And thanks for your contribution to the thread. It's a good thing to laugh here once in a while. And after what I saw this morning, really needed it!
Enthusiast
(50,983 posts)marym625
(17,997 posts)Hope you feel better soon!
RebelOne
(30,947 posts)marym625
(17,997 posts)There's nothing from this century. How sad is that!
valerief
(53,235 posts)funny from that show.
Also, Arrested Development and The Office (British version) were hilarious
marym625
(17,997 posts)Have to say I think my favorite is the sex education
Family Guy - Meg does it in the ear:
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)Everything is going wrong for Christmas at the Griffin house, but Lois is blithely passing through all the problems. Finally, Brian sets fire to the kitchen when he tries to prepare the turkey, and the kitchen is totaled. Everyone's expecting Lois to snap, but she just says it's time to clean up, someone give her some paper towels. Meg observes that they're out of paper towels, and Lois finally loses it. She goes on an epic rant, snarls at the family that they think the elaborate Christmas celebration she choreographs every year "just happens. Well, it doesn't 'just happen'! It falls out of my holly, jolly butt!" The rant continues for a while before Lois flees the house in a rage. At which point, Meg reaches behind some of the detritus in the kitchen and says, "Oh, here's the paper towels."
valerief
(53,235 posts)marym625
(17,997 posts)You said all of the Absolutely Fabulous and I thought you meant everything everyone posted was absolutely fabulous.
Yes, what I have seen of that show, it was damn good! Thank you
JimDandy
(7,318 posts)the baseball card segment in the Express Christmas episode in Season 3 of Modern Family.
Manny accidently zaps Phil with his mom's stun gun while Phil is purchasing a signed mint condition Joe Dimaggio baseball card to give to his F-I-L. After the sale goes through, residual spasms rapidly change the mint condition card in Phil's hand from mint, to good, to fair, to garbage with Phil, unable to stop what's happening, jerkily announces each change in the card's condition.
Tears were streaming from my eyes from laughing so hard...just like they are now simply remembering that scene.
Hopefully you can watch a re-run of it or perhaps some kind person can find the clip?
marym625
(17,997 posts)I can't find a clip but I know exactly what you are talking about. Hilarious episode! Thanks!
frogmarch
(12,153 posts)When Ted and Dougal expose a philandering milkman, Pat Mustard, he takes revenge on his replacement, Dougal, by putting a bomb on the milk float. If Dougal's speed drops below 4 mph, the bomb will explode, taking Dougal with it.
valerief
(53,235 posts)marym625
(17,997 posts)But that was funny! Thanks for posting it!
frogmarch
(12,153 posts)since it's Easter!
marym625
(17,997 posts)Good one! I may have to find the series on Netflix. Thanks!
Tom Ripley
(4,945 posts)marym625
(17,997 posts)Going to have to look it up. But I am sure it was hilarious! Seinfeld usually was
Tom Ripley
(4,945 posts)marym625
(17,997 posts)I will check it out. I think it's on Netflix now too.
pamela
(3,469 posts)Initech
(100,053 posts)NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)Beth replaces the sandwich vending machine in the office with an arcade game. Lisa and Dave retake the SAT, but the arcade game keeps Dave up the night before the test. Bill falls apart when he can't get his favorite sandwiches.
marym625
(17,997 posts)I will have to look up the episode. .I'm sure 8th was really funny. Thanks for putting it here. Those that did watch it, I am sure, are laughing. And now I have more to look forward to that I hadn't seen before
Thank you
Inkfreak
(1,695 posts)RIP, Phil. I love you, man.
mucifer
(23,521 posts)So well done.
You didn't say the episode had to be funny.
marym625
(17,997 posts)Doesn't have to be funny. The episode from All In The Family when Archie doesn't want one of Mike and Gloria's friends coming to Christmas dinner because the guy was a Draft dodger, is one of my favorites. When Archie says he doesn't want to talk about that damn war anymore. Powerful. Just like the Henry Blake episode of MASH.
muriel_volestrangler
(101,294 posts)The Psychiatrist, perhaps? (This is blocked by YouTube in the UK, but I presume it works in the USA):
Basil the Rat?
The Germans? So many to choose from.
marym625
(17,997 posts)Fawlty Towers was a great show. No, sorry, you have to purchase the episode to watch it. .but thanks for trying! And for bringing Fawlty Towers into the thread!
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)Nuff said,
#2 - The Bob Newhart Thanksgiving episode where Bob, Jerry and Howard get bombed, burn the turkey and spend forever trying to order Chinese food.
#3 - The death of Chuckles the Clown on the MTM show and Mary's breaking down in hysterical laughter at the funeral. Priceless.
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)But I always liked the ep with Doctor Johnny Fever and the "Phone Cops."
marym625
(17,997 posts)I will have to look it up.
Another one that is great but not funny is the one aabout the Who concert when 12 people died because of general seating. Horrible reality and great show.
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)marym625
(17,997 posts)Absolutely hilarious episode! It's on cable every Sunday night. Hopefully, they'll have this episode on tonight
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)marym625
(17,997 posts)And it has taken on a whole new meaning since it aired!
Good stuff!
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)They're everywhere!
marym625
(17,997 posts)Yes! Yes I know.we have to be careful what we say. No NSA is bad etc.
marym625
(17,997 posts)I am going to have to watch those again. Especially the Bob Newhart one. Haven't seen that in forever. More goo to go!
Thank you!
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)When I was a kid, my family had his albums. The Grace L. Ferguson Airline and Storm Door Company is still engrained in my mind. From the Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart...
marym625
(17,997 posts)Thanks for posting it. He is such a funny guyy!
SwankyXomb
(2,030 posts)A little seltzer down your pants.
Algernon Moncrieff
(5,786 posts)hippywife
(22,767 posts)Murphy Brown and WKRP. Oh, and Bosom Buddies, too.
Haven't watched any TV to speak of in the nearly ten years now, so those will have to do.
marym625
(17,997 posts)Thank you! Except for Modern Family, I don't think I have watched a new sitcom in question years. Not one I stuck with anyway.
Those are great shows! Thanks!
hippywife
(22,767 posts)popular culture, none of the titles or characters of most of the newer ones mean much to me at all, except what I absorb in passing, which isn't very much.
I pretty much stopped watching when reality programming became popular and started cropping up almost everywhere, and the other options were murder via CSI nearly every night of the week (except the episodes with Jeff Goldblum which I loved.) SNL stopped being funny to me eons ago.
marym625
(17,997 posts)I did watch the first season of survivor. That was it. Now I watch reruns a lot
hippywife
(22,767 posts)local librarians hopping.
marym625
(17,997 posts)I should use the library more often. I do in the summer. Winters I am a hermit and use online downloads.
bigwillq
(72,790 posts)Full Episode
Best Scene
I just saw this episode in the last few weeks. Was hilarious! Especially when Roseanne is upset because she doesn't know where she sent DJ.
Thanks for including this one!
dolphinsandtuna
(231 posts)pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)marym625
(17,997 posts)pokerfan
(27,677 posts)Inkfreak
(1,695 posts)I always end my phone conversations with "I love you" when I speak to my Mom and that show kinda encapsulates why I do that.
marym625
(17,997 posts)I don't mean that episode, I mean the show. But a couple people have mentioned it so I am going to check it out.
Thank you
marym625
(17,997 posts)I can't find it on YouTube but it's in here. Funniest thing ever. Or right up there with the funniest
https://tune.pk/video/3405274/soap-chuck-and-bob-mindreading
csziggy
(34,133 posts)I love a quote from the episode where the men have gone to a bar to commiserate each other over their various losses/problems:
Life plays funny tricks...You see what happens in life is this - something bad happens to you and you say Oh God, look at this bad thing that just happened to me.
Then you figure its over and it will all get good again but then what happens is another bad thing happens and then you say Pffft, that was a surprise. I mean, two bad things in a row but I guess thats it for a while cause I just had my quota of bad.
And then what happens is some awful thing happens to you like everything gets taken away from you and you say Pfft, well, thats it, there is nothing else that can happen - I lost everything.
And then life plays its funny trick - you die.
I've never found this clip anywhere as a video. Richard Mulligan that played Burt did it so well, he cracked me up nearly every episode.
marym625
(17,997 posts)That was the first show the moral majority had taken off the air. I remember calling and writing in to try and stop it, as so many did, but ABC caved.
And at the end of the bar scene, they leave Bob on the table and tell the bartender he'll pay the tab.
csziggy
(34,133 posts)Robert Guillaume was great in both of those shows, too. I wish he were still doing TV but he's 88 now.
marym625
(17,997 posts)A pretty bad one. I could be mixing him up with someone else, but I am pretty sure it was him. And he did do a little acting since but not much.
I was so upset when he left Soap. The connection between Benson and Jessica was a great part of the show. But Benson was a great show too.
csziggy
(34,133 posts)He returned to the series in a limited capacity and they wrote in a stroke for his character.
Gillaume mostly did stage performances so his TV and film credits are relatively few. He's also done some voice acting for animation.
He is an actor who I wish I had seen more of and who I already miss even though he is not gone yet.
marym625
(17,997 posts)Though, it was probably hus choice to do more stage work
gvstn
(2,805 posts)Jenoch
(7,720 posts)I still think the ending of the final episode of "Newhart" was the best ending of any final episode of all time.
By the way, turkeys are able to fly quite well. Wild turkeys (bronze turkeys) roost in trees, they can't climb trees, that's for sure.
(The white turkeys raised for human consumption can barely stand as adults, let alone fly.)
marym625
(17,997 posts)The episode originally aired. Whatever kind of turkey Carlson used, couldn't fly.
I agree with you on the Newhart show. Classic! Absolutely classic!
Thank you!
oberliner
(58,724 posts)Coach is being scammed by a card shark and so he brings in Harry Anderson to win his money back.
Hilarity ensues.
Very well crafted episode if I recall correctly.
kairos12
(12,847 posts)I just tried to find it but couldn't. Great episode!
oberliner
(58,724 posts)So many funny moments (and a few really moving ones).
marym625
(17,997 posts)He was perfect for the role too. I actually resented Woody Harrelson the first few episodes he was in. Like it was his fault the actor died.
fishwax
(29,149 posts)Also good were the episodes with prank wars against the folks at Gary's Olde Towne Tavern.
ok_cpu
(2,049 posts)But the episode of "Everybody Loves Raymond" with the suitcase on the steps.
marym625
(17,997 posts)Did you see the show Taking Raymond to Russia, or something like that?
ok_cpu
(2,049 posts)Sounds pretty interesting. Thanks for mentioning it. I'll have to check it out.
marym625
(17,997 posts)Sometime in the last month. Was really interesting. Have to say the thing that surprised me the most was that the producer, or whoever that is that owns the show, is married to the woman that played Amy.
LynneSin
(95,337 posts)It was from this past season and I think it will become one of the top rated Sunny episodes. The writing was so tight on that episode and Charlie Day gave an acting tour de force as he tried to make sure that Paddy's Pub passed inspection even though the rest of the gang decided that today they would try to make some sort airline miles for frozen steaks and live chicken scam.
I laughed my ass off the entire episode. The reviewers all gave it very high marks.
http://www.ign.com/articles/2015/02/05/its-always-sunny-in-philadelphia-charlie-work-review
marym625
(17,997 posts)I will have to check it out tomorrow. Watching something else right now. But I'm excited to see it. Thanks!
LynneSin
(95,337 posts)But you have to understand that Charlie is this borderline illiterate buffoon huffer who is always screwing up and coming up with these hairbrain schemes. Not that the rest of the gang is that much better but Dennis and Dee are twins who come from an upper middle class family who both went to University of Pennsylvania (although Dee dropped out) and Mac at least graduated HS and can read. Frank is Dennis & Dee's father but we found out that he wasn't their biological but might actually be Charlie's father (which would make sense since Frank is played brilliantly by Danny DeVito who is essentially this homely imp wheres Dennis & Dee are these tall, good-looking people). For ten seasons 'Charlie Work' has been defined as the menial task work that no one in their right mind would want to do at the bar so Charlie does it instead - like cleaning toilets, catching the rats in the basement and other gross jobs at the run-down bar.
So for this episode, also called 'Charlie Work', it's like all of the work Charlie does comes up for consideration of how well he does and Charlie comes across as this fricking genius where the rest come across like the buffoons that Charlie usually is.
marym625
(17,997 posts)Thanks for the information on it. I love Devito. I am going to have to check it out.
Cheese Sandwich
(9,086 posts)marym625
(17,997 posts)I don't remember it but it is a good show. Thanks for sharing it!.
mike dub
(541 posts)Seeing B.J. Hunnicutt, played by Mike Farrell, work through his little daughter Erin state-side having called Radar (arriving back state side in uniform) "Daddy", is a sight to behold. My eyes are Never dry by the end of this episode. I can't remember seeing a character melt down toward the end of an episode of a half hour sitcom quite like BJ/Farrell does. Alan Alda plays brilliantly off of Farrell as well.
https://m.
marym625
(17,997 posts)And as hard as it was to watch, it was nice to see a character that stayed true to his family.
There was an earlier episode when trapper has a similar issue about his wife. But it wasn't quite as powerful.
Thank you
sakabatou
(42,145 posts)marym625
(17,997 posts)Thanks for including it here. I may check it out now.
sakabatou
(42,145 posts)marym625
(17,997 posts)Was in my 30s by '93.
sakabatou
(42,145 posts)marym625
(17,997 posts)Oy! Time flies way too fast!
sakabatou
(42,145 posts)marym625
(17,997 posts)Was 30 in 93. So easily could have a kid older than you.
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)marym625
(17,997 posts)pamela
(3,469 posts)Love that Opie.
marym625
(17,997 posts)When Opie is just a wee lad. I don't recall that particular episode though. I will try to find it.
Thanks!
Smarmie Doofus
(14,498 posts).... since it pulled the race question..... simmering just below the surface in the collective unconsciousness... kicking and screaming out of the shadows and just put it straight out there.
And did it so ARTFULLY. Kudos to Reiner/Persky/Denoff et al ( the creative team) as well as that fantastic cast.
marym625
(17,997 posts)Reiner as in Rob? I am going to look that up. Sounds good. Thank you!
Smarmie Doofus
(14,498 posts)He was the show's originator, I do believe, and additionally produced and directed many of the episodes. Persky and Denoff were the writing team.
Bill Persky: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Persky
marym625
(17,997 posts)I wasn't sure of the timing so I guessed Rob. I love Carl Reiner! I follow him on twitter. He just rocks!
Thank you. I can't wait to watch it!
Smarmie Doofus
(14,498 posts)... who was the fictional host of the fictional variety show that the Van Dyke character ( Rob Petrie) was writing for.
He was fantastic. (And IS still fantastic; he's 90-something and I hear he still does bit acting parts, here and there.)
Smarmie Doofus
(14,498 posts)Damn. I hope it's not true.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Reiner
Gidney N Cloyd
(19,829 posts)Smarmie Doofus
(14,498 posts)But that's how it read this am. It said he died yesterday in Philadelphia, I believe.
marym625
(17,997 posts)marym625
(17,997 posts)Must have been some asswipe playing with Wikipedia.
Phew!
marym625
(17,997 posts)Skittles
(153,137 posts)Elaine thinks it's BS but goes along with it; she tries to get the doc to write a note saying she's OK but he insists they talk for a while - while talking, Elaine gets overwhelmed with the frustrations she feels and breaks down crying - it was very well done, but still had humor
OMG, the tidbits you can pick up by Googling - the episode was "Nardo Loses her Marbles" - the doc was played by Tom Ewell - he passed away in 1995 at age 85 - his mother outlived him by three years and died at age 105!
marym625
(17,997 posts)One of my uncles died in 1985. My grandmother was 95. She lived to 97. Can't imagine what that must be like.
I don't have time to watch this right now but I will later. Looking forward to it. Loved this show!
Thank you!
Initech
(100,053 posts)I like when George is reading the guy's speech and it's full of anti semitic undertones, and Jerry is like "You're not going to open with that are you?"
Yeah, I remember that. Great episode. Thank you!
Initech
(100,053 posts)"Mommy the bald man is in the bathroom and there's something hard in his pants!"
marym625
(17,997 posts)Sorry, got behind on this post.
I have only seen a handful of episodes from that show. I am definitely going to look for this one. Thank you!
Initech
(100,053 posts)He sure goes where many dare not tread!
Thanks for that!
StarlightGold
(365 posts)dressed as Batman and Robin unintentionally coming to the aid of a robbery victim.
Perfect!!
marym625
(17,997 posts)Is that a US show?
Thanks for posting it. I hope others know it. I will look it up.
StarlightGold
(365 posts)a British show from the 80's and 90's. The timing and chemistry was great; one of the best shows around. Another episode was when Rodney and Del Boy were preparing to clean a giant chandelier...the build up and payoff was so funny!
It's under license from the BBC, so it's hard to get a hold of.
marym625
(17,997 posts)I admit, I very often don't watch British TV because I have a horrible time with accents. Don't know why. Just always have. So if someone in a show has a strong one, I usually miss half of what is said
StarlightGold
(365 posts)has some episodes. Worth a look!
marym625
(17,997 posts)cyberswede
(26,117 posts)"Meat!"
Barney reciting the preamble to the constitution.
marym625
(17,997 posts)Thanks for the links! I loved every episode with the Darlings
My dad met Denver Pyle at the Denver airport. They were stuck during a snow storm for a while so they got to talk for quite a while. Said he was as down to earth, though obviously much more intelligent, as the Darlings character. He also said, Mr. Pyle that is, that Chicago has the best restaurants and best beef in the country.
I saw Selma Saturday at a Fight for $15 event. What a contrast to the Oprah scene of reciting the Constitution.
Smarmie Doofus
(14,498 posts)Best single moment: Karen and her "cute angina":
Coventina
(27,080 posts)Grace: What do I look like? Some kind of babysitter!!!
valerief
(53,235 posts)Smarmie Doofus
(14,498 posts)He and Karen collaborate.... or try to.
Hang on for the scene where he thinks he's actually turned Karen into a real rabbit. And tries to talk himself down.
Watch how well Sean Hayes does that scene. Gotta be nothing more difficult than comic acting. He is a friggin' master of the art.
marym625
(17,997 posts)From that same episode
Grace with nurse Pittman:
Thanks for that!
Smarmie Doofus
(14,498 posts)... of loneliness and misery?
Or is Stan gonna die?"
marym625
(17,997 posts)I don't remember that. But sure sounds like a good episode.
What a shame that the show has been tainted by his horrific behavior. Every station pulled the reruns.
Smarmie Doofus
(14,498 posts)The black MD in the episode wasn't really "Dr. Huxtable" ( or Bill Cosby). Part of Karen's (Megan Mullally) bizarro personality was her superiority ( to EVERYONE) complex and the attendant stereotyping of anyone who was stereotype-able.
Hence the black doctor was "Huxtable" and any Asian female was "Yoko."
As though she, Karen, couldn't be bothered to make distinctions among people.
marym625
(17,997 posts)I thought I was under the OP. Yes, now I remember that. Loved her character. Couldn't stand her voice though after the first season.
Thanks for clarifying
malthaussen
(17,183 posts)It's good!
-- Mal
marym625
(17,997 posts)Definitely one of the funniest scenes ever!
Thank you!
Coventina
(27,080 posts)An Emmy winning episode for good reason!!
Great quotes by all the characters
Homer (with great dignity): I have misplaced my pants.
Rev. Lovejoy: Thanks a lot, Marge. That was our only burlesque house.
Bart: Lady, I gotta tell ya - I have been grossly misinformed about witches.
Marge (disgruntled): I have rocks that need washing at home.
Homer: Where is Bart? His dinner is getting all cold and eaten....
marym625
(17,997 posts)But I have never seen the Simpsons.
I am going to have to watch. I feel like a traitor when I say that.
Thanks for the post. I am sure everyone else will know exactly what those are about. But they're still funny even when I didn't ever see it. Thank you!
Coventina
(27,080 posts)form.
And, it's hysterically funny.
marym625
(17,997 posts)I will check it out. Always up for new funny stuff!
Initech
(100,053 posts)Nearly impossible to pick just one!
abakan
(1,818 posts)marym625
(17,997 posts)malthaussen
(17,183 posts)But TTWT definitely is a funny episode. Dunno which I like more, Scotty explaining why he had to fight the Klingons, or Shatner's typically over-empahtic "Who put the Tribbles in the quatro-tritacale." Reminds me of the contemporary Contadina commercial.
-- Mal
Bosonic
(3,746 posts)Coventina
(27,080 posts)When it turns out Penny and Zach are married!!
So many great lines in that one!!
"I don't know if you're the kind of guy I want dating my wife!"
Your pick is great as well.
"One day at a time, Penny, one day at a time!!"
marym625
(17,997 posts)Wasn't a regular watcher but that's a funny episode. Thank you!
Bucky
(53,984 posts)"They're interlopers, Anj... and we got to nip that Tom Foolery right in the bud... right... in... the bud!!"
marym625
(17,997 posts)I'm going to have to look it up. Pretty risqué for the time I would imagine.
Thanks so much!
jobycom
(49,038 posts)marym625
(17,997 posts)I am forever in her debt. Though it still took me about 5 years after to come out, it was that episode that started my journey to living in my reality.
She had Laura Dern on an her talk show not that long ago. Was surprised me, and actually made me a little sad, is that Ellen had no idea how much that show affected Laura Dern. Years being black balled.
Absolutely fabulous and historic episode! Thank you!
steve2470
(37,457 posts)marym625
(17,997 posts)KamaAina
(78,249 posts)marym625
(17,997 posts)Takes on an entirely different meaning than the original quote.
Art_from_Ark
(27,247 posts)marym625
(17,997 posts)Can't believe I do but I do! Hilarious! Thank you!
Art_from_Ark
(27,247 posts)It was pretty hard trying to remember all those cheese names, especially in the correct order!
However, everyone was able to remember "Venezuelan beaver cheese"
marym625
(17,997 posts)hifiguy
(33,688 posts)"Finest in the district, sir."
"Well, it's certainly uncontaminated by cheese."
Kaleva
(36,288 posts)marym625
(17,997 posts)Great stuff! Absolutely side splitting. Thank you!
Ahpook
(2,749 posts)Achtung
Coventina
(27,080 posts)The Young Ones was kind of hit-or-miss with me, but that one was complete genius!
marym625
(17,997 posts)Thank you. I never heard of it before. If the show is as funny as that scene, I am going to have to check it out. Thank you!
A HERETIC I AM
(24,365 posts)For as short as the series ran, it was absolute genius thruout.
As far as American SitComs, I have to agree with the above - Barney Miller, Hash Brownies.
Jack Soo was just hilarious in that.
One other thing that bears mentioning is the opening credits music in so many of those old shows. The intro to Taxi and Barney Miller in particular were some excellent Jazz riffs.
marym625
(17,997 posts)I didn't see very many Fawlty Towers episodes but I did catch this one. Thanks for posting.
Jack Soo was great and absolutely perfect in the hash episode mushy mushy.
The old shows had, IMHO, much better introduction music than now I agree
catbyte
(34,356 posts)Honorable Mention goes to Vitameatavegemin, I Love Lucy.
marym625
(17,997 posts)All of them. Thank you!
Liberalynn
(7,549 posts)episode where Johnny and Venus were taking a test administered by a Deputy Sheriff to prove your reflexes were slower and less responsive after alcohol consumption. Venus indeed got very drunk but Johnny Fever's reflexes got faster. In the same episode Herb dressed up in a Carp costume and got into a brawl with the WPIG pig in the lobby.
Johnny came in saw it and was convinced he was now indeed drunk because he saw a giant pink pig painting the lobby walls.
My favorite part was Venus insisting he had to have a hat because the cop had one. So he goes to Mr. Carlson, who lends him a fishing hat. Venus said "thanks for the lid Art!"
I think I laughed harder at that, than I remember laughing at anything in my life. I have it on DVD.
marym625
(17,997 posts)That was such a funny show!
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)The pig defacing the walls was hysterical, and Johnny's reaction topped even that.
That was definitely a stoner's sitcom.
jcboon
(296 posts)Boy do I feel old. .
marym625
(17,997 posts)aint_no_life_nowhere
(21,925 posts)The Car 54 Where Are You? episode featuring stand up comedian Jan Murray I saw as a kid in the early 1960s entitled "Boom, Boom, Boom". I find almost all the old Car 54 episodes hysterically funny but this one is legendary.
marym625
(17,997 posts)My mom used to say, "car 54 where are you" often but I never saw the show. For some reason what you posted won't load. Going to have to check it out later. But I am glad to be able to watch an episode. Thank you!
ghostsinthemachine
(3,569 posts)Especially knowing the background with rivalry between the Cheer's the gang and Gary's Old town tavern.
marym625
(17,997 posts)Thanks for this. Love the first scene!
pokerfan
(27,677 posts)Full episode: http://kisscartoon.me/Cartoon/Futurama-Season-04/Episode-007-Jurassic-Bark
The series follows the adventures of a late-20th-century New York City pizza delivery boy, Philip J. Fry, who, after being unwittingly cryogenically frozen for one thousand years, finds employment at Planet Express, an interplanetary delivery company in the retro-futuristic 31st century.
In Jurassic Bark, Fry is shocked to find a fossilized dog in a museum exhibit, which he recognizes as his pet from the 20th century, Seymour. Professor Farnsworth examines Seymour's body and concludes that, due to his unusually rapid fossilization, a DNA sample can be made to produce a clone and it would even be possible to recreate Seymour's personality and memory.
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)and not once have I made it through to the end without getting all misty or crying.
That's awesome. Thanks! .
pokerfan
(27,677 posts)It's always sad and touching to me but YMMV.
marym625
(17,997 posts)I was going from the explanation given and making an assumption based on the sitcom part of the OP.
This actually makes me want to see it more.
Thank you
pokerfan
(27,677 posts)but have a box of tissues close by for the ending.
Tommy_Carcetti
(43,157 posts)Seinfeld's "The Gum", where George is desperately attempting to convince an old friend that he hasn't gone crazy, but everything is making him out to sound as if he is just that. Just wonderfully crafted and written.
Arrested Development's "The Immaculate Election"--Introduces Tobias as "Mrs. Featherbottom" and features George Michael in a doomed campaign for student president, with GOB as his campaign manager. "Steve Holt is a bastard.....he doesn't even know who his father is!". There are so many funny moments in Arrested Development, but I think this had to be my favorite episode of all.
The IT Crowd's "Moss and the German"--From the fake FBI anti-piracy commercial at the beginning of the episode, to Jen being banished to smoking Siberia, to Moss apparently not being bothered by the fact that the man who's ad for cooking lessons he answered wants to cook him.....it perfectly sums up the absurdist humor of the show. Actually, any number of IT Crowd episodes could qualify. Such as "The Work Outing" ("I'm disabled!"
marym625
(17,997 posts)And I don't think anyone else mentioned them. Thank you